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TYPE SETTING MACHINE. Y APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2. 191a.

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TYPE SETTING MACHINE.

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i i a a6 F it Kc CHESTER MACOMIC, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

TYPE-SETTING MACHINE.

Patented Apr. 22, 19119..

Application filed November 2, 1918. Serial No. 260,867.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHESTER A. MACOMIC, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and-a residentof Chicago, county of Cook,

and Stateof Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Type-Setting Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification. 1

This invention relates to type or matrix setting machines and moreparticularlyto a machine of this general; character wherein thenecessary type formaking an impression of an entire column orfpage ofprinted matter may be properly set by key' controlled duplicate ofsuch'form or thedesired repromechanism into a form or suitable'holdersand then, after the impression is made of a ductionsare printed, all ofthe set type, by a "single operation, may be simultaneously re-' storedto correct positions in the type 'set- I ting machine. .It is thereforeone of the i the number of operations or the time re principal aims ofthis invention to reduce quired' in replacing used type into theirproper positions in the type-setting machine.

The invention includes a number of improved constructions incidental tothe above mentioned principal aim of the invention. Among theimprovements are an arrangement of difierential mechanism under thecontrol of a keyboard whereby said differential mechanism may becontrolled to select "and place type successively in the difierent typespaces of said holder. Another im-v provemen-trelates tothe specificmanner in which the lines of type are supported in the type holders andthe means for alining said holders with the type magazines of themachine.

-An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown in-theaccompanying drawings,

in which Figure l is a perspective view of a machine, FigsQ' and 3 are aplan view with the typewri-tin and printing mechanisms removed, anshowing the'supporting frames for said mechanisms in section.

Figs. 4: and 5 are a view in longitudinal vertical section.

Figs. 6 and 7 are enlarged fragmentary details showing thediflerentialmec'hanism under the control of the typewriter keyboard, andwhich is utilized for-selection of type.

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the type n1agazine portion of the machine,showing the framework in section and omitting the the line 9-9 'line13-13 of Fig. 11.

Fig. 14 is a longitudinal sectional view of the typewriter mechanism.

Fig. 15, Sheet 2, is a detail in side elevation. showing the shift. keyof the typewriter and its connections for-causing the selection ofcapital type-upon the subsequent depression of a letterkey.

, Fi 16, Sheet 4:, is a perspective view of a type older, a plurality ofwhich constitute the printing form;

Fig. 17, Sheet 3, is a detail perspective View of part of'the typerestoring device.

Fig. 18, Sheet 4 is a sectional detail, taken on line 1'8-18 of Fig. 4.

In its general features of construction, the machine comprises twoalined stacks'of type supporting plates or other similar arrangementforming-a type magazine. A pair of alined type supporti-n plates isprovided for each line of the orm which is to re-- ceive the selectedtype. V The plates are preferably grooved or slotted tor the purpose ofsupporting type, and the type in each groove are either arrangedalphabetically or in some regular predetermined order and are repeatedin the sameorder in all the different grooves of the different plates ofone of the two sets of alined plates.- Ea-ch slot con tains small andlarge type corresponding with the alphabet and the necessary numerals,spacers and special characters. Pushers or selector bars under thecontrol of a keyboard or typewriting mechanism are arranged to force thetype different distances along the slots of one set of plates, or

the true magazine portion, and into alined slots of" the correspondingset of receiving plates. The printing form, or set of separalole typeholders for receiving selected type, is located in a space between thetwo sets of plates. The ushers or selector bars are actuated byliey-wntrolled mechanism to out in a machine which includes typewritpushthe type along the slots diflerent distances in order that the desiredtype may be 'selected and caused to come to rest in the form between thetwo sets of plates.

The present invention differs from prior type setting machines of thesame general class in that the differential mechanism for actuating thetype pushers is arranged as a unit having a relative movement withrespect to the type magazine, so that it may successively cooperate withall the difi'erent type plates of the magazine and thereby set all ofthe type necessary for making the form, and the arrangement permitsrestoring all of the selected type in all of the different lines by asingle operation and does not require an asserting mechanism.

-The drawings show the invention carried ing mechanism whereby a printedproof is made during the manipulation of the keyboard to indicate thatthe proper type have been set in the type form. The form is illustratedas comprising a plurality of independent type holders, and these areshiftable in their proper order into a printing drum whereby any desirednumber of duplicate impressions correspondin to the typewritten proofmay be etlectec but the aim' of the design is chiefly to reduce the timenow required in'machines of this class for setting and restoring typeand to provide a light and easily operated differential mechanism forselecting type withoutunduly interfering with a light key action of thety ewriter mechanism.

heferring particularly to Fig. 1, the machine shown in the drawingsconsists of four principal unit of mechanism, a type magazine 1, adifierential or type selecting mechanism 2 shown more clearly in Figs. 6and 7, a typewriting mechanism 3, which controls the differentialmechanism,- and the printing mechanism 4:. The typewriting machine hasthe usual platen, which in this case serves to receive paper upon whichis impressed a facsimile of the form of type as set up by thedifierential mechanism. The

printing device 4 is constructed to receive the setup type forms and tomake any desired number of duplicate impressions. The novel constructionlies mainly in the type magazine, and the differential mechanism.

The type magazine consists of two stacks of slotted plates 5 and 6. Acomplete set of separable type 7 are placed in each of the slots of allthe plates 5. and each set of type consists of small and large typecorresponding to the alphabet, and also numerals and s ecial characters.

The stacks of type plates 5 and 6 are in horizontal alineinenlv butslightly spaced apart at their adjoining ends as indicated in Fig. 5,thus providing a vertical slot 8 for receiving a printing formconsisting oi stack of plates 6 are movable a slight, dis-- tance towardand away from the stack of plates 5, and during such movement,.engagement or disengagement between the alining pins and the type holdersis effected. Motion ofthe stack of plates 6 is efi'ected by the crank14, Fig. 5. This crank is fixed to a shaft 15 rotatable in hearings inthe main frame 16 and having a threaded portion 17 engaging the nut 18on a horizontally movable plate 19, upon which the stack of platestlrests. By rotating the crank 14 in one direction or the other, the stackof plates 6 is shifted horizontally toward or away from the stack oflates 5. The supporting plate 19 is provi ed with an outwardlyprojecting portion 20, Figs. 8 and 11, at each side, which passesthrough a horizontal slot 21 in .a guide plate 22 for the type holders23. The type holder guides 22 also have vertical slots 24 through whichthe ends 25 of-the type holders project. With this construction, whenthe crank handle 1a is operated in a right-hand direction, theplate l9and the stack of slotted plates 6 thereon will .move to the right, Figs.5 and 11, without at first affecting the position of the plates 22, dueto the open space 27 at the rear ends of horizontal slots 21. aliningpins 13 (Fig. 8) on the inner ends of the plates 6 are thus disengagedfrom the type holders 23. plate 19 in the same direction f'causes theshoulder 20 thereof to engage guide plates The 1 Further motion of thetwo stacks of plates, and a reverse motion of the crank 14 will. theneffect the proper alinement between the type holders, and the ma azineplates.

he type holder, Fig. 16, has an aperture running from end to end, andall the type are similarly apertured as indicated above the type holderin Fig. 16, for receiving a pin 30 which secures the selected type tothe type holder. The pins 30 have heads 31 in of a com -shaped plate 32,Fig. 13. The

plate 32 is notched along its rear edge 33 for receiving the pins and ismovable away from and toward the machine a suiiicient distance to movethe pins far enough to release or secure the type resting in the typeholders,- When the type holders are shifted toward or released from thestack of magazine plates 5 by the motion imparted to the guide plate 22,Fig. 11, as previously described, the pins 30 are caused to enter orleave the notches 34 in the edge of the pinshifting plate 32. The plate32 has a slot and pin connection 35 with a vertically extending plate 36which is movable with the stack-supporting plate 19, for the reason thatit has a downwardly projecting lug 37, Fig. 13, engaging the plate 19 atthe slot 38 therein. The function of the movable plate '36 is tosecurely lock the heads 31 of the pins 30 to the comb-plates 32 when thetype holders are clamped in alined position between the two'stacks ofmagazine plates, so that the pins can not 'become disengaged from thecomb-plate 32 when the latter and the plate '36 are shifted outwardlyaway from the machine for the purpose of withdrawing the pins 30 fromthe type in the .type holders. The plate 36 is slotted at 39 forreceiving the head of a screw 40 extending inwardly'from the handleportion d1 of the pin-operating mechanism. The portion 41 is providedwith an integral handle 42 as shown in Fig. 9. The plates 32, 36, and 41thus form a unit which is movable toward and away from the machine, butthe plate 36 also has a slight forward motion with the stack-supportingplate 19, for preventing the heads of the pins from getting out ofengagement with the notches 34 when the pins are withdrawn from the typeholders. The pin-operating device is guided along a track member 43which is prefer ably hinged at 44 as indicated in Figs. 9 and 12, sothat it maybe rocked upwardly out of the way when the pin-locking deviceis 'its inner position.

The type holders when loaded are movable along the slots 24 in the guideplates 22 and along a guide member 45, Fig. 10,

into the printing drum 46, by means of a vertically movable pusher 47,Figsl and 9. In its normal position as shown in Fig. 9, the type holderpusher 47 has its upper edge in position below the slot 8 to form a restfor the type holders. It is provided with racks 48, which mesh withpinions 49 ona crank shaft 50. By rotating the handle 51 fast to shaft50, the type holders are lifted along the slot 8 and into the guidemember 45. from which they are received by the printing drum. The crankhandle 51 carries a pawl 52 for engagement with an alining plate 53,which is useful for retaining '.ment of the typewriter.

the pusher in any desired position or determining a definitestep-by-step motion thereof, corresponding .to the distance between oneor more of the plates of the magazine.

The guide device 45 which serves to guide,

the type holders to the printing drum or to receive them from theprinting drum, is hinged to the machine frame as indicated in Fig. 10,so that it may be rocked to a horizontal position where it will notinterfere with the rotation of the printing drum, but serve as areceiving platform for the reproductions eliected by the printingdevice.

The type holders are received in the portion 54 of the printing drum andsecured against displacement by a sector 55 which is held stationarywhile the drum 46 is r0- tated relative of the sector 55 by astep-bystep motion as the type holders are received from the guide 45 ordelivered to said guide. The impression and paper feed rollers areindicated at 56 and 57, while an ink-ribbon. feeding device is indicatedat 58 and 53, Fig. 10. 60 is an operating handle for the printingmechanism.

The selection of type from the stack of magazine plates 5 and deliveryof such type to the type holder located between the stacks is effectedby pushin the type along the grooves in the stack 0 plates 5, throughthe grooves in the type holder, and. into the grooves 1n the stack ofplates 6. The extent of movement imparted to the rows of'type in themagazine slots determines which type will come to rest in the typeholder. The type in each slot of magazine plate 5 corre spond inarrangement to the key the small letter a is the first type adjacent tothe type holder and is followed by small type to make up the alphabet,to set' small a in the type holder it would be necessary to shift therow of type in the corresponding slot only one unit of move ment of apossible seventy or more units, assuming that there are that many typein each slot. If the letter (1 were to he set in the type holder. therow of type would be shifted four units, the a, b. and c type beingpushed into a slot in one of the receiving plates 6. After the type areset as desired in the type holders and the latter are removed anddelivered to the printing drum as previously described. some of theunselected type would remain in the set of plates 5, while such type ashad been pushed through theholders and received in the slots in the setof plates 6 would remain in the latter set of plates. After the printingoperation is completed. the type holders are returned in proper order totheir posiproper position with respect to the remaining type in the sameslot of the magazine.

arrange- If, for example Before the machine can be again utilized forsetting up a different form, it is necessary to push all of the type outof the slots in the stackof plates 6 and from the type holders into theslots in the plates 5, and to force along to their original positionsthe type which remain in the slots of plates 5 after the preceding typeselecting operation.

The mechanism for restoring the type consists of a plurality ofcomb-shaped plates 61, (Fig. 17), extending between the plates 6 andhaving teeth projecting into the slots in the plates. The members 61 areall tied together at their outer ends by rods 62 (Fig. 3). These rodsare secured at their upper ends to a cross-head 63 slidable along thebars 64.. The cross-head 63 has threaded engagement with a rotatableshaft 65 and this shaft is rotated by the crank handle 66, Fig. 5. Asthe cross-head travels forwardly, it carries with it all of the toothedplates 61, causing the latter to brush or sweep such type as may be inthe slots of plates 6 forwardly through the type holders and back intothe slots of plates 5 to their original positions.

The differential or type setting mechanism, which is under the controlof the typewriting keys 67 shown in Figs. 1 and 4, includes a pluralityof differentially adjustable pusher bars or racks 68, Figs. 6 and 7,located below the typewriter keys and in number equaling the number ofslots in any one plate of the type magazine. The rack bars '68 arearranged in a horizontal plane and properly spaced to register with theslots in the magazine plates. The typewriting keys serve to set up stopsfor controlling the differential motion of the selector bars and thus,through the bars, control the extent of movement imparted to a row oftype in any one slot of the plates. Each rack bar 68 has a number ofteeth or notches corresponding to the number of type in each slot of themagazine, and above each rack bar is a toothed dog 69 for engaging anddriving the rack bars. The dogs 69 are slidable between bars 70 locatedabove the rack bars, and during the manipulation of the typewriter kcysare successively slid forwardly between the bars 70 so as to be properlypositioned for engaging some one tooth of the teeth 71 on thecorrespmidiug rack bar. During this motion of tnc dogs in a forwarddirection, they idly ratchet over the teeth 71 and come to rest at theparticular position determined by a depressed key. The writing keys. asshown in Fig. bear against the shoulders 77? on a plurality of levers 73pivoted on the t nsverse rod 74. Each of the levers 73 can a curved pinor stop 75 passing throng. fixed horizontal plates 76. The stops aredifferently located with respect to their supporting levers 73 and thecorrcspomling typewriter keys, and

cured to an arm 82 fast to shaft 83. The

shaft 83, Fig. 4, carries fast thereto a yoke 84, the arms 85 of whichare slotted to receive pins 86 on the frame member 79.

The rear ends 87 of the key levers 88 ex tend upwardly differentdistances for the purpose of engagingthe yoke 84 during a portion oftheir strokes. In this manner the extent of motion which is imparted tothe yoke by any one key corresponds to the location of the stop 75 forsuch key. The frame 79 carries a driver 89 for the dogs 69, and both thedogs and the driver are guided by the bars 7 O, 7

The selection of capital letters is effected by increasing the movementof driver 89, the capital letters being arranged in the magazine slotsin the same order as the small letters but at the forward end of theslots, while the small letters are at the rear end of the, slots.Accordingly, the driver 89 is made adjustable, under the control of thetypewriter shift key, with respect to its carrying frame '79. The driver89 is mounted on a rod 90, carried by a sub-frame member 91, which isbent upwardly at its ends, to extend through slots 92. in the frame 79.The sub-frame 91 is normally retained at the rear end of frame 79 by arestoring spring 911 for this frame and a latch 93 pivoted to the rearcross-bar 94 of frame 79. The shift key is constructed to shift subframe91 forward. along the slots inframe 79 until it is engaged by thespringactuated latch 95. The construction of shift key for accomplishingthis end is shown in Fig. 15. The shift key 96 is in the form of a leversimilar to the character keys, but its rear end 97 does not engage yoke84 but engages the bent end 98 of a lever 99 journaled on rod 83. At itslower end the lever 99 rests against a pin 10-0 on sub-frame 9'1.

lVhen the shift key is depressed, the arm 99 is rocked forwardly,carrying the subframe 91 forwardly along the slots 92 in the frame 79until engaged by the latch 95'. The latch 95 is effective so long as theshift key is held depressed. but upon the release of the shift key. thebell crank lever 101 connected to the shift key by the link 102 operatesto raise the latch 95 out of engagement with the sub-frame 91. In itsnormal position it retains the latch raised as shown in Fig, 15.Preliminary to the depression of the shift key it is necessary to rockthe latch 93 to complis ed by depressing the release key 102, Fig. 14,which through a lever 103 de' &

presses a reciprocating bar 104 which engages the rear end of latch 93.

The escapement mechanism 105, Fig. 4, of

Q the typewri'ting machine is employed for shifting the driver along therod 90, Fig. 6, so that after the depression of a writing key it willalways come into. the correct position for cooperating successively withthe different pusher bars 68. The platen supporting carriage 106 whichslides along the rails 107 under the action of the escapement springextends downwardly. to the location of driver 89 Where it is furnishedwith a forked member 108, into which one end of the driver extends. Whenthe platen carriage travels from right to left of the machine, thedriver 89 will be shifted correspondingly. The guide bars 70, betweenwhich the dogs 69 and the driver 89 slide,

are notched out at 109 near their rear ends to permit the necessary.lateral motion of the drivers.

After the dogs 69 are all differentially adjusted toward the front ofthe machine as above described, it is necessary to return all of thedogs to original position while in engagement with the pusher bars 68for the "purpose of projecting the bars into the slots ofthe particulartype plate 5 with which the bars register. Since the motion of thepusher bars corresponds in extent to the differential adjustment of thedog 69, the rows of type ,will be difi'erentially adjusted to bring theproper line of type at rest in the type holder 23 corresponding to themagazine plate operated upon. All type which are to the rear of theselected ones are pushed through thetype holder and come to rest in oneof the plates 6. The means for restor-.

ing the dogs 69' and consequently for actuating the pusher bar 68comprises a reciprocating frame 110 slidalbly mounted in the slots 111in the typewriter frame. A shaft 112 carried by the frame 110 extendsthrough the slots 111 and terminates in the handles 113 at the sides ofthe machine, Fig. 1. The

operator, by means of these handles, pushes the frame 110 rearwardly.The rear surface 114 of the frame in this action engages the front edgeof the dogs 69 in whatever position they may be set and carries themback to their original ositions into contact with the stop 115. Lheframe is then restored to original position.

Upon the return of frame 110, its forward edge engages shoulders 681 ofthe pusher bars 68 and restores them to their original positions, but inorder that the dogs 69 will not be carried forward with the pusher bars,

8 shaft 112 is rotated slightly so that the cams 682, carried by theshaft, engage the upper surface of the pusher bars and depress themagainst the action of springs 683 out of engagement with the dogs 69.

When the platen frame of the typewriting machine is again shifted to theright, preliminary to the writing of the next line, the dog actuator 89,Fig. 6, is carried with the platen frame to its original position. Thetypewriting mechanism is then lowered One step equal in distance to thespaces between the magazine plates 5. For this purpose, the typewritingmachine is slidably mounted in a vertical direction on the guides 116,Figs. 1 and 2, and the typewriter frame 117 has threaded engagement withthe shafts 119. These shafts are rotated by the crank 120 fast to thetransverse shaft 122 which carries beveled pinions 123 meshing withsimilar pinions 124 on shafts 119. After all the required lines of typeare set in the type holders 23, the latter may be removed from the spacebetween two stacks of magazine plates and utilized either for printingor for making a reproduction of the printing form which the plurality ofseparate type holders constitute.

The operation of the machine does not greatly differ from the ordinaryoperation of a typewriting machine, except that in addition tomanipulation of keys, it is neces sary to provide for the relative shiftbetween the type-actuating or difi'eren'tial mechanism and thetype-supporting or magazine lates, and also to effect the requireddrivlng of said type actuating mechanism in case it is not directlydriven upon the depression of 100 keys. Other required operations arethe removal and restoring of the type forms normally located between thetwo stacks of plates, and after the type forms are restored, v

the rear magazine plates 6 and the type holders into the forward set ofplates 5.

In the manipulation of the keyboard, a printed facsimile of the settingof the type is made by means of the typewriting mecha- 10 nism whichincludes the platen 125 and the type bars 126. The first letter key deressed will, by driving the'frame 79some efinite distance in a forwarddirection, adjustone of the dogs 69 located at the right of the 115machine a. distance corresponding to the particular key depressed. Uponthe release of the depressed hey, the typewriter escapement mechanismoperates as usual, shifting the platen carriage 106 one letter space, we

till

fecting the selection of type. The desired type come to rest in the typeholder corresponding to the written line on the typewriter platen 125.The typewriting mechanism is then lowered into position for setting thetype in the next lower plate 5, and so on until all ofthe type are setfor the printin of a column or age. The filled type ho ders are now reay to be removed from the machine and set in the printing mechanism 4, ifdesired, or utilized for east ing a duplicate form for prinitng a columnor page. However, it is first necessary to push inwardly on the handle42, Fig. 9, so that the locking pins 30 will pass through the aperturesin the type and securely look the type to the holders, and then it isnecessary to rotate the crank 14, Fig. 5, in a lefthand direction torelease the type holders from the alining pins 13, Fig. 8, and also freethe heads 31 of pins 30 in the type holders from the pin actuatingdevice shown in Fig. 11,

After the set type have been used, it is necessary to restore them totheir original positions. They are caused to travel downward through theguide 45, Fig. 10, in the order in which they were received from theslot 24. After the type holders are in their original positions andproperly alined by operation of crank 14, Fig. 5, the type restoringdevice, consisting of the connected comb-shaped plates 61, is drivenfrom the rear of the stack of plates 6 to their forward ends, and bythis single operation serves to restore at one operation all of the typeutilized for printing a column or page.

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention has been hereinshown and described, it will be understood that dies or equivalentdevices may be substituted for the type mentioned in the claims, andthat numerous details of the construction shown may be altered oromitted without departing from the spirit of this invention as definedby the following claims.

I claim:

1. The combination with a type holder arranged to hold a plurality oflines of type, of a machine for setting type in said lines, said machine('OlllPllt-llllg a plurality of type supports, one support beingprovided for every type space in the difierent lines of said holder, andduplicate sets of type on i said different type supports.

2. The combination with a type holder arranged to hold a plurality oflines of type, of a machine for setting type in said lines, said machinecomprising a plurality of type supports, one support being provided iorevery type space in the difiterent lines of said holder, duplicate setsof type on said different type support and means for dif- -iferentiallyadjusting type along said type supports so that selected type will cometo rest in one ofsaid type lines.

3. In a type-setting machine, a plurality of rows of type supports,duplicate sets of type on said supports, a second set of type supportsin alinement with said first-mentioned set of type supports but spacedtherefrom, and a type holder adaptedto support the type correspondingtoa column or page of printed matter, said holder being located betweenthe two sets of type supports.

4. In a type-setting machine, a plurality of rows of type supports,duplicate sets of type on said supports, a second set of type supportsin alinement with said first-mentioned set of type supports, but spacedtherefrom, a type holder adapted to support the typecorresponding to acolumn or page of f printed matter, said holderbeing located between thetwo sets of type supports, and

means for differentially adjusting the type V along one set of supportsthrough the type holder and into the second set of supports wherebyselectedtype will. come to rest in said type-holder.

5. In a type-setting machine, a plurality of rows of type supports,duplicatesets of type on said supports, a second set of type 4 supportsin alinement with said first-mento the dilierent type supports.

6. In a type-setting machine, two sets of alined type supportscorresponding with the (lifl'erent type spaces in a galley for making animpression of a column or page of printed matter, a typeholder hayingspaces for receiving type located between said two sets of typesupports, corresponding sets of t me for the different type spaces insaid tvpe holder, and means for forcing type along one oi said sets ofsupports through the type-milder and into the remaining set.

7. The combination with typewriting mechanism, of a type magazine, saidmagazine con'iprising a plurality ol sets of rows of type supports, saidtypewriting mecha nism including hey-controlled type selectors, andmeans for causing said type selectors to successively coiiperate withthe different sets of type supports o1 said magazine.

8. The combination with a typewriting mechanism, of a type magazine,said range zine comprising a plurality of sets of rows of type supports,said typewriting mechanism including key-controlled type selectors, andmeans for causing said type selectors to successively cooperate with thedifferent sets of type supports of said magazine by causing relativemotion between the typewriting mechanism and said magazine.

v 9. The combination with a typewriting mechanism, of a type magazine,said magazine comprising two separate sets of alined type supports, andtype selectormechanism under the control of said typewritingmechanism,said selector mechanism being arranged to differentially adjust typealong one set of supports through the type-holders and into theremaining set.

10. The combination with a typewriting mechanism, of a type magazine,said magazine comprising two separate sets of alined type supports,type-holders located between said separate sets of type supports, typeselector mechanism under the control of said typewriting mechanism, saidselector mechanism being arranged to diflerentially adjust type alongone set of supports through the type-holders and into the remaining set,and means for causing a relative movement between said magazine and saidtype selector mechanism whereby the type selector mechanism maycooperate with difi'erent type supports and holders.

11. In a machine of the class described, a type magazine, said magazinecomprising two sets of separated and alined type supports, means forreceiving and supporting type in the space between said type supports,and manipulative means for difierentially adjusting type along thealined type supports and the receiving means so that selected type willcome to rest in said receiving means.

12. In a machine of the class described, a. type magazine, said magazinecomprising two sets of separated and alined type suports, means forreceiving and support-,

mg type in the space between said type sup ports, manipulative means fordiflerentially adjusting. type along the alined type supports and thereceiving means so that selected type will come to rest in saidreceiving means, and mechanism for causing a relative movement betweensaid type supports and the manipulative means whereby said manipulativemeans may successively cooperate with difi'erent type supports.

13. A machine comprising a type-holder arranged to hold a plurality oflines of type, a plurality of type supports, one support being providedfor every type space 111 the difi'erent lines of said holder, duplicatesets of type on said different type supports, and means for positioningtype along said supports and conveying the type into said holder.

14. A machine comprising a type-holder, a plurality of sets of guidewaysadapted to carry type to said holder, aplurality of type of differentcharacters arranged in a certain successive order in each of said ways,each of said ways having, intermediate of its length, an outlet fortype, and means adapt ed to shift said type along the guideways andadapted to convey any of said type through said outlet and into saidtypeholder.

15. In a type-setting machine, a plurality of sets of guideways, eachset corresponding with the type spaces for a line of type in a galleyfor making an impression of a plurality of lines of printed matter, eachof said guideways having intermediate of its length an outlet for type,a type-holder located at said outlet, corresponding sets of type in thedifferent guideways, and means for shifting type on said guideways.

16. A machine of the class described, comprising a plurality of rows oftype supports, different characters of type in some prede tel-minedorder on each of said supports, means for difi'erentially adjusting thetype along each of said supports, and means for removing from saidsupports all the type located in one transverse plane at the ends ofsaid supports.

17. A machine of the class described, comprising means for holding aplurality of lines of type, type magazines opposite each side of saidmeans, said magazines beingconstructed to suppoit type in rowscorresponding to the different type spaces in the different lines ofsaid means, and a device constructed to simultaneously project the rowsof type in one magazine through the typeholder and into the remainingmagazine.

18. In a machine of the class .describedihe combination with atypewriting mechanism and a rinting mechanism, of a type magazine, atype-holder adapted to support a plurality of lines of type, means underthe control of said typewriting mechanism for selecting type from themagazine and delivering the selected type to the different lines of saidholder, and means for shifting said type-holder from the magazine to theprint ing mechanism and back.

Signed at Chicago this 31st day of Oct ber 1918.

CHESTER A. M ACOMIC.

